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BENEDICT III

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 718 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENEDICT III . was See also:pope from 855 to 858. He was chosen by the See also:clergy and See also:people of See also:Rome, but the See also:election was not confirmed by the See also:emperor, See also:Louis II., who appointed an See also:anti-pope, See also:Anastasius (the librarian). But the candidature of this See also:person, who had been deposed from the presbyterate under See also:Leo IV., was in-defensible. The imperial See also:government at length recognized Benedict and discontinued its opposition, with the result that he was at last successful. The mythical pope See also:Joan is usually placed between Benedict and his predecessor, Leo IV.

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